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[Dave J]

I know recording with an on-board p/up is very nearly always not the way to go! I record my acoustic guitar in a variety of ways, I also record my vocals & guitar "live" all in one go and nearly always with condenser mic's apart from sometimes using my favourite vocal mic. an old Beyer M300 dynamic, I do mainly blues and jazz type material adding bass, acoustic lead guitar and harmonica tracks later, this all I can do, no problem! But! occasionally when the house is not a quiet place, visitors, road works, barking dogs and mainly when working on new ideas I use the Beyer or a Shure 57 and the on-board Highlander P/up, the condensers pick up too much back-ground, how can I reduce the "quack" and get an half decent guitar sound ?

 

[miroslav]

"Taboo Subject "...?
I thought this was going to be something about sheep.


Mic closer...play louder.
What condensers?

 

[mjbphotos]

You can try EQing the pickup, but you'll never get all of the piezo quack out, its a simple fact.

 

[Jesse A]

Magnets anyone?

I recommend trying a magnetic sound hole pickup. The best one I can think of is made by Jim Kaufman of Sunrise pickup systems. If you can manage to find one you probably won't want to use the piezo anymore

 

[Sonic Misfit]

I use one of these direct into the mixer:

Fishman AuraSpectrum DI Acoustic Imaging Pedal

It is a little pricey, but there are some other solutions that are almost as good. Even then, it is not as good as micing the guitar, but if you are looking for something close, this is pretty good.

 

[Track Rat]

"Taboo Subject "...?
I thought this was going to be something about sheep.

My recordings sound b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-d.